Mttltifobm traini auditing-check



APPLICATION FILED OCT. 31| 1917.

Patented Oct. 28,1919.

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H. H. BARSBY AND W. HIGH.

Mumfomvl TRAIN AumTmG CHECK.

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H. H. BARSBY AND w. HIGH.

MULIFORM TRAIN AUDITING CHECK.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3|, |917.

Patented'0t.28,1919.

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Hanny H. BAnsBx AND WILLIAM HIGH, or DENVER, COLORADO.

` MITLTIFORM TRAIN AUDITING-CI-IECK.

To all whom t may concern,.-

Be it known that we, HARRY I-I. BARsBY and IILLIAM I-IYIGH, citizens of the United States, residing at the city and county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and `useful Improvements in Multiform Train Auditing-Checks; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inventiomsuch as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. t i

This invention relates to all classes of railroad tickets including transportation and Pullman tickets, andthe obj ect thereof is to prevent collusion on the part of conductors and ticket sellersor agents in reselling tickets, to enable a railroad to determine accurately over just what divisions of its roa'd any ticket or part thereof was used, as well as to check the use of Pullman tickets.

This is accomplished by providing each ticket with a plurality of small auditing checks, each bearing the ticket,\for1n and serial numbers. `One of these is to be detached by each person to whom the ticket is presented and deposited in a lock box instead of his punching the ticket or a coupon as is usual. This alsoavoids having so many punch marks in the ticket or Vcoupon that some of the indicia thereon is obliterated and consequent difliculties are met by the clearing houses and auditors. With the proposed system, each ticket or coupon is punched only once and that by the conductor who takes it up.

1 These tickets with their checks are to be used as part of a system whichrequires'the ticket seller to tear ofi' a part` of the ticket and deposit it in a lock box or other receptacle, there being a lock box `for each` train, and which also requires each conductor to ldeposit a part of the ticket in a lock box. A

company man may then inspect the boxes to see if-their contents agree; The gateman Where stopovers are allowed, pasters are provided in duplicate which are to be `filled out to indicate the' stopover point, one part being pasted on the back of the ticket and the other part drOPPed into the lock box, one portion of the part pasted on the ticket being adapted.tebedetaehed by. the eend-unal" Specification of Letters `Patent. Patgnjed Ggf, 28, 1919, Application iled October 31, 1917. Serial No. 199,465. i

shows a trip pass with auditing raster.

Fig. 7 shows a simplex with auditing checks, and

Fig. 8 shows the reverse of the ticket of Fig. 2.

In the coupon ticket shown in Fig. l, the contract portion 1 and the coupons 2 are the same as usual in this form `ofticket Ex' round trip ticket Vtending from the upper edge of the contract e portion is a plurality of small auditing checks 8, each check bearing the ticket and form numbers, the railroad issue, and the t seria-l numbers a, the checks being adapted `to be detached through `the medium of peri forations or scoring. Above the checks the usual auditors advice 4 extends. In Figs. "Zland,v showing card and party tickets respectively, the auditing checks 5, 6 and 7 are attached to the body portions 8 and 9,

the front faces of the checks carrying the yticket and serial. numbers and the rear faces carrying the form' number together with `blanks in which to indicate between what .stations the passenger was carried while the `conductor collecting the check was on duty (see Fig. 8).

. In these forms of tickets the ticket seller tears oil' one of the checks in place of the lauditors advice on other forms, tearing oil' the single end check 6in the form shown in Fig. 2. For `trip passes the checks 1() carry the pass and serial numbers, the points be- `tween which the pass is valid, and spaces 12 in whichto `indicate the number of persons riding on the pass, as indicated in Fig. 4f.

Similar checks 13 are provided on the `round trip simplex tickets as shown in Fig. 7.

In Figs. 5 and `6 an .on-and-oifpaster 14: is shown. This is provided with a detachable duplicateportion 15 and a detachable siulml.:` yEach oftheSe three parts carries the same number identifying them with each other. The lback of the stub 16 is gumimed. Part 14 carries spaces in which to indicate at what station a passenger got off in making a stop-over and also where he got on again, which might or might not be the station where he got oli'. When a passenger desires to mak@I a stop-over the conductor fills in the off space on portion 15 making a carbon of the notation on portion 14. Portion 15 is torn off and dropped into his box. Stub 16 is pasted on the back of the ticket, portion 14 attached thereto being free. When the passenger again boards a, train the conductor on this last train indicates the station in the on space on portion 14, detaches said portion 14 and deposits it in his box, leaving stub 16 permanently attached to the back of the ticket. If the passenger had doubled back for some reason, as is often the case, and got on at a station which he had passed in the earlier part of his trip, the conductor collects a fare for the distance between said station and the station where he got 0E. The use of arbitrary station numbers prevents change of the number, while the presence of the part 14, or even the stu-b 16 alone if part 14 had been removed, would indicate that a stopover had been made. The pasters may be `initialed by the conductors.

To complete the system, each ticket sellers dating stamp has his own number and this appears on the 'back of the ticket when it is dated, as shown at 17.

In the operation of the system, each ticket seller deposits either the auditors advice or a check, according to the kind of ticket, in his lock box. The gateman does likewise. Each conductor tears off and deposits in his lock box a check, instead'of punching a coupon 2 as is usual, except the conductor whose run reaches the destination called for by the ticket or coupon. This last conductor punches the coupon or ticket and drops it in his box. If a passenger makes a lay over, an on-and-o:1 paster is lilled out, one part attached to the back of the ticket and the other part dropped in the lock box. If a passenger pays cash fare, the conductor, after making a memorandum in his train book, rops the fare receipt or a stub into his lock ox.

In connection with the use of Pullman tickets, a check is deposited in a box by the Pullman ticket seller, and a check is given by the Pullman conductor to each train con-` ductor who deposits the same in his box along with a check of the passengers transportation or the transportation itself as the case may be.

In this way a part of every ticket is placed in the lock box by the conductor. Also a part of every ticket is placed in the ticket sellers lock box. An inspector may take the ticket sellers lock box, board the train and, after the conductor has made the rounds, suddenly put in his appearance and ask for the conductors lock box. He may then investigate to determine whether the ticket sellers advices and checks'agree with the conductors tickets and checks. Failure to agree indicates fraud.

This system also enables the company to determine on just what parts of the road a ticket or a coupon was used. The ticket may be traced through the serial numbers step by step from the man who sold it all the way through until it is turned in by the last conductor to whom it was presented. This system of tracing a passenger even through the Pullman car will be of particular value in connection with law suits against the road, giving the road valuable information regarding the passengers whereabouts.

Having described our invention, what we claim is:

1. The combination with a railroad ticket of `a plurality of detachable auditing checks and an auditors advice, each of which bears indicia suilicient to identify it with the ticket and with the other checks, the checks also being suitably distinct from one another, the auditors advicev being of the same width as the ticket and the auditing checks being positioned between the advice and the ticket and formed in a block of the same width as the advice and the ticket.

2. The combination with a railroad ticket, ot a plurality of detachable auditing checks, each oit which bears indicia suificient to identify it with the ticket and with the other checks, the checks also being suitably distinguished Jfrom one another, the

auditing checks being Jformed in a block of the same width as the ticket.

3. The combination with a railroad ticket having a member bearing certain indicia, of a detachable of-and-on member having appropriately designated spaces in which to indicate where a passenger got 0E and where he got on again inmaking a stop over, and a second detachable member having an appropriately designated space in which to indicate where he got ofi", the detachable members bearing indicia suflicient to identify them with the indicia on the first named member.

42 The combination with a railroad ticket having a member bearing certain indicia, of a detachable oi-and-on member having appropriately designated spaces in which to indicate where a passenger got oil and where he got on again in making a stop over, the `detachable member bearing indicia sufcient to identify it with the first named member.

5. The combination with a railroad ticket of a pastel applied thereto having a stub portion, a detachable member having appropriately designated spaces in which to indicate Where a passenger got off and Where he got on again in making a stop-over, and a second detachable member having an appropriately designated space in Which to indicate Where he .got of, all parts of the paster having indicia sutlicient to identify them with one another.

6. An on-and-oii' or stop-over paster for use on railroad tickets, comprising a portion having an appropriately designated space to indicate Where a passenger got 0H." and an appropriately designated space to indicate Where he got on again, a stub detachable therefrom and gummed on one side, another portion detachable from` the iirst named portion and having an appropriately designated space in which to indicate Where the passenger got oli'. l

7. An on-and-oii' or stop-overpaster for use on railroad tickets, comprising a por-` tion applied tothe ticket, a member detachable from said stub portion and having appropriately designated spaces in Which to indicate Where a passenger got off and Where he got on in making a stop-over, and a second member detachable from the first-named detachable member having an appropriately designated kspace in which to indicate Where the passenger got off, all of the parts of the o-and-on slip having indicia suiiicient to identify them With one another.

9. The combination With a railroad ticket of an of-and-on slip, having a stub portion secured to the ticket, and aA member detachable from said stub portion, said stub and said detachable member having identiying indicia, and said member having appropriately designated spaces thereon for on or off notations.

l0. The combination with a railroad ticket of an oif-and-on slip having a stub portion applied to the ticket, a member detachable from said stub portion, and a second detachable member, said stub and said detachable members having identifying indicia, and said members having appropriately designated spaces thereon for olf-and-on notations.

In testimony whereof We aiix our signatures.

HARRY H. BARSBY. WILLIAM HIGH.

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